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Rooms with a pew at St Kevin’s

Some charming ecclesiastical features remain in this one-bedroom home in Portobello, Dublin, finds Dara Flynn

Dara Flynn

February 11 2018, 12:01am, The Sunday Times

St Kevin’s has intricate gothic detailing

For those who worship at the altar of ecumenical architecture, a church is an inviting prospect. St Kevin’s, with its sandstone trim, intricate gothic detailing and prime location in Dublin’s Portobello, is particularly pretty.

Some characterful ‘churchiness’ remains

It was designed by Sir Thomas Drew and built in about 1887 in an English gothic style. Drew was also a consulting architect on the nearby St Patrick’s and Christ Church Cathedrals.

Of course, you don’t get all of St Kevin’s. You get a mere slice of it, a one-bedder created when, in 1994, the church was carved up into a series of studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments plus some flashier penthouse-style pads in the heavens. They’ve always done well on the market and they let in seconds.

No 15 is on the first floor and has a medium-sized living space

No 15 is…

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